DUSSELDORF, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 11: A police officer is given candy by a participant during the annual Rose Monday (Rosenmontag) carnival parade on February 11, 2013 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Rose Monday is the highpoint of the annual carnival season in the region between Mainz, Cologne and Dusseldorf, where carnival has been an annual tradition since 1823 and celebrates free-spirited merrymaking before the beginning of Lent. (Photo by Juergen Schwarz/Getty Images)